This is an analysis of the poem Port Stanley that begins with:
Lines composed on an excursion to port Stanley, 1883.
In winter time 'tis sad and dreary...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aabbaa ccddXa aaaaXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011101001101 010111110 10111010 11010101 00100001 11001110 10101110 11010111 11010001 11011101 11010101 1010001 10100110 11111010 10100110 01010110 11111110 11010111 11110110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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